The 1985 Hormel strike was one of Minnesota’s most contentious labor disputes
The strikers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers’ Local P-9, cited a wage freeze, dangerous working conditions, and a wage cut as the reasons for the strike.
Susan Marks
Anoka’s first Halloween Celebration was an anti-prank measure
In the early 1900s, Americans braced themselves every October for pranks committed by not-so-innocent children.
July, 1967: Civil unrest on Plymouth Avenue
The violence, which lasted for three nights, is often linked with other race-related demonstrations in cities across the nation during 1967’s “long hot summer.”
The early history of television in Minnesota includes a lot of names that are familiar today
From the 1920s through the 1960s, local stations achieved many national firsts and produced enduring TV legends.
Minnesota modernist George Morrison was totally committed to art as a way of life
One of Minnesota’s most important artists, Morrison is best known for his landscape paintings and wood collages.
